KSPA crowns January story contest winners
February 11, 2011
Five students from across the state won first place in the KSPA January Story of the Month contest. The winners: Sports Story First — Jessica Green, Maize HS, “Wrestling with Weight” Second — Drew Porter, Holton HS, “Lady Cats win Basehor Tourney” Opinion First — Skylar... Read more »
Winning stories selected in November contest
December 11, 2010
Winners of the November SOM contest include: Feature 1st Place: Kat Buchanan, “Finding Peace Through Art,” Shawnee Mission East High School 2nd Place: Andrew Goble, “One Step at a Time,” Shawnee Mission East High School 3rd Place: Joanna Epp, “Nachtigals welcom new member... Read more »
October Story of the Month Winners Announced
November 5, 2010
KSPA received nearly 30 entries in the October Story of the Month contest, the majority of them in the Feature, News and Opinion writing categories. The following students earned awards: Feature 1st – Emma Pennington, “Teacher Copes with Death of His Daughter,” Shawnee Mission... Read more »
September story winners announced
October 12, 2010
Kevin Simpson of Shawnee Mission East was judged first place in feature writing for his story of a senior’s battle with cancer in the September KSPA Story of the Month contest. Andrew Goble, also from Shawnee Mission East, was judged first place in news writing, Ashley Golden of Maize High School... Read more »
SM Northwest designer creates winning ‘Warcraft’ page
May 7, 2010
Annie Unruh of the Lair yearbook at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School has won the April Story of the Month contest, which focused on yearbook page design. Unruh’s winning work, which will be pages 20-21 of the Lair when it’s distributed this month, focuses on SMNW student Cormac Prosser... Read more »
‘Amigos’ layout wins design contest for SM East students
April 7, 2010
Katie Kulaga and Gaby Thompson’s two-page news magazine spread depicting students’ summer volunteer work in Honduras was judged Best in Show and won the Shawnee Mission East students the next-to-last Story of the Month contest, which focused on news publications design. The spread ran in... Read more »
Blue Valley’s Allison Kohn wins column writing contest
March 9, 2010
Allison Kohn, a senior from Blue Valley High School, won the February Story of the Month contest for her personal column about taking a self-defense class. The class was started in memory of a former BVHS student who was assaulted and murdered in 2002 while working at a Leawood, Kan., pool. The judges... Read more »
Five students honored in January Story of the Month contest
February 4, 2010
Five students from four high schools earned recognition in KSPA’s January Story of the Month contest, which featured sports stories. Sam Kovzan from Shawnee Mission East’s Harbinger earned best story honors with his profile of Lancer basketball player Anthony West. Judges from the University... Read more »
Story on availability of drugs wins Story of Month November contest for SM East student
December 14, 2009
Logan Heley’s story about easy-to-access inexpensive prescription drugs — particularly OxyContin — has earned the Shawnee Mission East student first place in KSPA’s November Story of the Month contest. Heley built his story around a dramatic increase in the number of drug overdoses in... Read more »
SM East sophomore wins October story contest
November 5, 2009
Kat Buchanan, a sophomore from Shawnee Mission East High School, has won KSPA’s October Story of the Month contest with her feature “Paint the Town,” which was published in The Harbinger. Advised by C. Dow Tate, Buchanan told the story of East junior Whitney Kerr, a graffiti artist... Read more »
